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Rangy Manatee: Bar Bad Nobbery

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Friday, January 11, 2008. Yesterday evening was one that will have me cringe and giggle in equal measure for a while to come. I was booked to play a paid ‘busking set’ at a posh bar in. I played here before Christmas and had a lovely time. However when I arrived last night, to a bar of three old men, the manager was understandably reluctant to pay me quids to entertain just that old trio. I sat, had a pint and waited for some punters to come in to fill the place out a bit. I explained that words are not ...

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Rangy Manatee: Jog on...

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007. I got my cheque, and they had indeed. To give me my bonus. When I asked, I got an apology and they happily paid it to me in full. Damn! I was really looking forward to spending today in the crisp autumn sunshine following some hearty dispute. I sat with a ukulele in my arms and a tear in my eye and sang him a departing song,. 8220;Richard’s gone home. Richard’s gone home…”. At the start of any conversation, his tinny, frail voice accompanies his immediate departure from the r...

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Rangy Manatee: Therapy Broadcast

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Saturday, November 10, 2007. See my blog entry entitled ' Therapy'. It refers to Graeme Walker's two hour performance in The Harkers Building in Newcastle. Myself and Adam (along with Graeme in the first clip) played drums, guitars, loop pedals, glockenspiels and organs along to his live exploration of disappointment, despair and rejuvenation. Here are two excerpts of the performance. The sound quality is unfortunate, but perhaps you get the idea. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Glosses Fur Die Masses.

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Rangy Manatee: Ring of mummer

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Sunday, December 23, 2007. Last night played host to the most memorable and enjoyable of evenings. Graeme Walker, artist, country and anarchic architect pulled together a bunch of lunatics to perform a mummers play for the unsuspecting (and frankly undeserving). For those who don’t know, a mummers play is an old folk tradition; a bawdy riot of a play performed at Christmas time in houses and pubs involving masks, silly costumes and horse buggery. Fuck off though, it was much cooler than that. As we drew ...

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Rangy Manatee: Crumbs and a baking tray

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Sunday, October 28, 2007. Crumbs and a baking tray. You find me fidgety and awake. Is it two or three am? The clocks are changing. I’m listening to the music of Akron/Family. It is uplifting and positive and beautiful. It soars above cynicism and criticism. And yet what is going on? I am dreadfully awake. Hot and bothered. The heating has been on too long and I collapsed into bed far too early to be able to remain prostrate and sweating; half awake on my sheets and by my overheated girlfriend. I just sen...

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Rangy Manatee: Fireworks, more fireworks! Ahhhhhhh!

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Monday, November 05, 2007. Fireworks, more fireworks! It’s morning and it’s Monday. Spaz-eyed and zombie I made the brisk walk to work through the frosty bright glow of the parks. And yet there’s always. One (per street) who forget about it, or leave a window open, or think animals must, like them, get ever so excited by a vision of the stars collapsing in a foreboding black sky; in a harrowing wail of psychedelia. Crashing to the earth! On to my head! On to my owner! Ahh the world has gone mad! 8220;We&...

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Rangy Manatee: when you've been to the army

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Friday, September 12, 2008. When you've been to the army. When you've been to the army,. It really changes you, you know. Like I used to live with. And they both,. They hadn't been to the army. And when we need to clean the place,. Let's just pay the two hundred,. Get someone in to do it. And when you've been to the army. You don't want to spend money. That you don't need to. You can clean the house. In one hour, you know,. Can have the house like – not tidy tidy. But you know,. You can have it acceptable.

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Rangy Manatee: My tiny little world

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Monday, January 05, 2009. My tiny little world. And indeed it is a shame to find that my only sporadic attempts at blogging have infuriated some to the point of removing me from their links pages. Fair's fair. The bloggers world exists in time. You're only as good as your last post. I make no excuses. No, I do I do! What is interesting then? I myself have thrown all my energy at music. Music, one of the more transient pursuits. Why do I do it? And what is there to show for this? And I find myself tired o...

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Rangy Manatee: Pinch and a punch

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Sunday, March 16, 2008. Pinch and a punch. Coming down from a four day hangover, I realise that I am still somewhat prone to dangerous bouts of excitement. On my 25. Birthday party, I found myself accepting the kind offers of drinks from all my friends. At some points the drinks were lined up as if forming one long continuous booze funnel. Within about half an hour I was prancing about like a pickled idiot, gibbering and giggling like I'd invented sport. 8221; and “sorry whoops, tee hee! 8221; So it goes.

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Rangy Manatee: BOOZY CHILDREN TREATED IN CASUALTY

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Friday, January 11, 2008. BOOZY CHILDREN TREATED IN CASUALTY. 8230;was today’s newsstand headline on the Argus stand. A hospital ward at. I imagine rabbles of children clutching bottles of yellow Reef. Surrounding them are laughing men and women in green cotton suits - the doctors and paramedics - uncorking champagne and going ‘waaaaaaay’ when it makes the big pop and fizz. Jamie pops back in and decides to chink his credit card on a wine glass. Anyone want an autograph? As I suppose the Argus meant to s...